fraud

Fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law, a criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong.

RealPage Intros Identity Fraud Prevention Tool For Real Estate Industry

RealPage Intros Identity Fraud Prevention Tool For Real Estate Industry
RealPage Intros Identity Fraud Prevention Tool For Real Estate Industry
June 10, 2021  |  Real Estate

RealPage has launched Identity Verification, which it says is the real estate industry’s first comprehensive tool for preventing fraud at multiple touchpoints across the leasing...

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JBS Meat Supplier Paid Cybercriminals $11 Million Ransom
JBS Meat Supplier Paid Cybercriminals $11 Million Ransom
June 10, 2021  |  Cybersecurity

JBS, the world’s biggest meat processing company, said it paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom after its company was hacked by cyber thieves...

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PYMNTS Data Brief: 84 Pct Of Consumers Expect New SMB Merchants To Guard Data
PYMNTS Data Brief: 84 Pct Of Consumers Expect New SMB Merchants To Guard Data
June 10, 2021  |  Cybersecurity

The connected economy is being shadowed by a despicable construct: the fraud economy, where people aren’t the legit customers they pretend to be. The damage...

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Bitcoin Daily: China Arrests 1,100 In Crypto Money Laundering Sting; Blockchain Startup Solana Labs Nets $314 Million For DeFi Tech
Bitcoin Daily: China Arrests 1,100 In Crypto Money Laundering Sting; Blockchain Startup Solana Labs Nets...
June 09, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The Chinese police have arrested about 1,100 people on money laundering charges, CoinDesk reported, adding those arrested were allegedly using crypto to evade the law....

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To Win The War On Fraud, FIs Must Become FPs (Financial Protectors)
To Win The War On Fraud, FIs Must Become FPs (Financial Protectors)
June 08, 2021  |  Cybersecurity

We’re all using apps more than ever before – especially to bank, make payments and get money into the hands of friends and family with...

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Bye Bye, Buy Button: FIS’ Kresse Says Social, Wearables, Contextual Are The Future
Bye Bye, Buy Button: FIS’ Kresse Says Social, Wearables, Contextual Are The Future
June 08, 2021  |  Payment Methods

In this new epoch of payments, technologies and channels that were still experimental last year are going mainstream at speed — none more so than...

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Bitcoin Daily: FTC Says Bitcoin Boom Draws Fraudsters; Basel Committee Advises Avoiding Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: FTC Says Bitcoin Boom Draws Fraudsters; Basel Committee Advises Avoiding Crypto
June 07, 2021  |  Bitcoin

A recent bitcoin boom is attracting scammers, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, citing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The lack of regulation and the...

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US Recovers $2.3 Million In Crypto From Colonial Pipeline Hacking Ransom
US Recovers $2.3 Million In Crypto From Colonial Pipeline Hacking Ransom
June 07, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.S. has recovered millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency paid to the hackers of the Colonial Pipeline as ransom, CNN reported. Get the Full...

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